Sleep is a Fickle Bitch
I’ve been having issues sleeping lately.
You know that old saying, “If it’s not one thing it’s another”? Well that totally holds true for me right now. TOTALLY.
It all started when Dylan was sick a few weeks ago. He woke up throughout the night and, as four year olds are wont to do, made sure I was awake too. Usually it was just that he needed some water, or to use the bathroom. He’d be back asleep in a jiffy.
Me? I’d lie awake for HOURS worrying about all kinds of crazy shit. Everything from finances, sick kids, whether I’d locked my car or rolled my windows up, was the cat inside?, did I pay the car insurance?, will Meredith and Derek ever end up happy and together?…you get the idea.
It didn’t matter whether I had any reason to actually worry about any of that. In the middle of the night…I. JUST. DO.
Then Dylan got healthy and started sleeping through the night again. And so did I.
Then Zach got sick. And started waking up four or five times a night. The poor little fucker was miserable. And so was I. The vicious cycle started all over again.
I was TIRED. TIRED, I say.
And then Zach got well and started sleeping through the night again. And so did I.
And then DJ got sick. And started snoring like an overweight truck driver after a night with a bottle of scotch and a cheap hooker*.
And, once again, I found myself awake. Lying in bed, unable to sleep. The weight of the world on my shoulders.
And now everyone is healthy-ish.
And last night?
I was woken up approximately 438 times. Dylan was cold. Dylan needed water. DJ came to bed late and woke me when he came in. Dylan had to use the potty. Zach woke up screaming like a red-eyed monster was pulling out his toenails. Etc., Etc., Etc.
And each time? I’d lie in bed for a long while afterwards thinking about…crap.
My family hates me.
They’re trying to kill me by slowly depriving me of sleep.
And I’m too tired to care.
*Not that we have any REAL experience with bottles of scotch & cheap hookers.
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Andrea's Sweet Life on 15 Mar 2009 at 5:02 pm #
I’m there too, girl. You should see the bags under my eyes. Somehow, though, I’m able to immediately fall back asleep each time I hit “snooze”.
I hope you get back to being well rested, soon!
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anymommy on 15 Mar 2009 at 7:19 pm #
I do this. I can worry about dying from a hangnail in the middle of the night. It’s insane. I wish you much sleep, my dear.
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Kelly on 16 Mar 2009 at 2:15 am #
lol! I’m reading this at 4:14 am! Damn that elusive bitch called sleep!
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Amazing Greis on 16 Mar 2009 at 4:41 am #
LOL! I think the Grey’s writers are never going to let Derek & Meredith live happily ever after because they are a bunch of BIG teases.
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Vixen on 16 Mar 2009 at 7:46 am #
Same think happened to me when my kids were young. But then they grew and I never went back to sleeping. Now its some 20+ years and everything keeps me up or wakes me up and I can NOT go back to sleeping. The thinking. Oh the thinking.
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JCK on 17 Mar 2009 at 9:51 pm #
Sure. Sure. I know you’re tipplin the Scotch over there. Actually you sound like you need the scotch! Hope you get some rest!
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Joe @ Irrational Dad on 18 Mar 2009 at 5:40 pm #
Thank you for yet another argument for not having lots of kids. Wife wants 3, I want 2. Now I’m wondering if Tyler should be an only child.
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Z on 21 Mar 2009 at 4:04 am #
Seems like everyone around me is having sleep issues lately. My own? Involve a puppy that thinks waking me up every morning around 5am by sticking his cold, wet nose in my eyes and snorting is a good idea. Hah.
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